Council of the Republic (Belarus)

Council of the Republic of Belarus Савет Рэспублікі Нацыянальнага сходу Рэспублікі Беларусі
Type
Type	Upper house of the National Assembly of Belarus
History
Founded	1997
Preceded by	Supreme Soviet of Belarus
Leadership
Speaker	Natalya Kochanova since December 2019
Structure
Seats	64
Political groups	Government (64)   Independents: 46 seats   Communist Party of Belarus: 17 seats   Liberal Democratic Party of Belarus: 1 seat
Elections
Last election	None (Indirectly elected and appointed)
Meeting place
Minsk, Čyrvonaarmiejskaja, 9
Website
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The Council of the Republic (Belarusian: Савет Рэспублікі, Saviet Respubliki; Russian: Совет Республики, Sovet Respubliki) is the upper house in Belarus' bicameral parliament, the National Assembly. The Council consists of 64 members, and the representation is based geographically, with most of the elected members come from civil society organizations, labour collectives and public associations in their jurisdiction. Each oblast (six) and the city of Minsk (the national capital) are represented by eight members, and an additional eight members are appointed to the council via presidential quota.

The Council of the Republic was established in 1997 to replace Supreme Soviet of Belarus.

Speakers of the Council of the Republic

Name	Entered office	Left office
Pavel Shipuk	January 13, 1997	December 19, 2000
Alyaksandr Vaytovich	December 19, 2000	July 28, 2003
Henadz Navitski	July 28, 2003	October 31, 2008
Boris Batura	October 31, 2008	May 24, 2010
Anatoli Rubinov	May 24, 2010	December 2014
Mikhail Myasnikovich	December 27, 2014	December, 2019
Natalya Kochanova	December, 2019	Present

See also

• National Assembly (Parliament) of Belarus
• House of Representatives of Belarus
• Politics of Belarus
• List of legislatures by country

External links

• "Official website of the Council of the Republic of Belarus". Archived from the original on 15 March 2009. Retrieved 30 March 2010.